Apple MacBook Pro Notebook Review 2017

MacBook Pro Laptop is a world Number one laptop. It’s a number one brand laptop/notebook. Brand name is apple. Super slim and nice looking. It’s a five star review product.

There are two sizes of MacBook Pro: the 13-inch and the 15-inch model. Both bring with them Intel's 7th generation Kaby Lake chips, Retina displays, solid-state Flash storage, and Apple's design expertise. However there are some crucial differences.

In many ways the 15-inch MacBook Pro is more deserving of the name 'Pro' than it's smaller sibling, which is certainly not the same machine in more miniature form.

In fact we’d argue that the 13-inch MacBook Pro shouldn’t really be sold as a pro laptop, although that depends on your definition of pro, and it doesn’t necessarily mean that it's not a good choice for non-pro users.

But who is the 13-inch MacBook Pro for and is this mid-range Mac a good deal? And if you purchased one of the MacBook Pro models introduced in October 2016, should you be a bit miffed that Apple has upgraded its offering so soon?

Design and build :

It’s what on the inside that counts, but we’ll start with a quick look at the outside of the 13-inch MacBook Pro.

As you’d expect from an Apple laptop, the 13-inch MacBook Pro has a premium design. It comes in a darker, iPhone-inspired Space Grey, or a classic silver finish. The eye-catching Retina display - which is standard across all Apple laptops, bar the MacBook Air - is stunning.
The keyboard is full-sized and typing on it is pleasant, although it felt a little spongy compared to the Apple keyboard we were used to using, and we felt we had to press harder than we were used to in order for the keys to register. The trackpad is large and full of functionality, offering various gestures that you might be familiar with if you use an iPhone, such as pinch to zoom. Our one criticism would be that we find that we catch the touch bar with our palms when typing, which sometimes causes the cursor to move to a different position.

The design hasn’t changed since the previous generation, which introduced the Touch Bar strip that you will find along the top of the keyboard on two of the 13-inch models and all of the 15-inch models.

If you get a MacBook Pro with a Touch Bar you will also get a Touch ID fingerprint reader, which means you can unlock your laptop with your fingerprint, rather than a password, and also use your fingerprint to pay for things using Apple Pay. Don’t expect to be waving your laptop at a payment terminal in stores, this is for shopping online only. We’ll discuss the Touch Bar in more detail below.
While it’s not as thin as the MacBook, the MacBook Pro certainly isn’t chubby. It measures 30.41cm by 21.24cm and is just 1.49cm when closed. In comparison, the MacBook is 1.31cm when closed, although that model gives the appearance of being even thinner because it tapers towards the edges to 0.35cm.

In order to be this thin the MacBook Pro does sacrifice some ports compared to older models. Prior to 2016’s upgrade you’d have found a Magsafe port for plugging into the mains, two Thunderbolt 2 ports, two USB 3 ports, and an SDXC port. Now you will find four USB 3/Thunderbolt 3 ports (the same port serves both standards). You’ll charge your laptop via this port and you’ll need an adaptor to plug in a second display or any other peripherals you might like to use that aren’t USB Type-C or Thunderbolt 3. This is one way in which the MacBook Pro beats the MacBook, the smaller model has only one USB 3.1 port which is used for charging and everything else.

Configuration Option : 

Our test unit of the 2017 13-inch MacBook Pro with Touch Bar costs $1,999 and features a 7th Gen Core i5-7267U CPU, 8GB of RAM, a 512 PCIe NVMe SSD and integrated Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650.

Users who don't need that much storage can save $200 by opting for the entry-level $1,799 model that's basically the same, except for its 256GB SSD. Apple offers a $200 upgrade option to double the RAM from 8GB to 16GB, and a $400 option to move from a 512GB SSD to a 1TB drive.
If you don't need a Touch Bar, you can get the 13-inch MacBook Pro without a Touch Bar starting at $1,299. That model includes a 2.3-GHz processor, 128GB of storage, 8GB of RAM and two Thunderbolt 3 ports.

Heat : A lap-Friendly Powerhouse :

This MacBook Pro is one cool customer. After we streamed HD video on it for 15 minutes, our heat gun captured temperatures on its touchpad (82.5 degrees Fahrenheit), G and H keys (89 degrees) and underside (90 degrees) that were all lower than our 95-degree comfort threshold.

Features and specs :

There are three notable things about the MacBook Pro models that Apple introduced at WWDC in June 2017:

• Kaby Lake processors
• Improved graphics
• A new, lower price for the entry-level 13-inch model

We’ll start by taking a look at the new Kaby Lake processor.